Paper and pick game device

ABSTRACT

A paper and pick game device in which a paper is held stretched over an opening on which is disposed a metal contact or dice cube and about which players will pick and make holes in the paper about the contact or dice cube to allow the same to be dropped onto a contact provided on the bottom to establish a signal circuit operated by battery and a light or buzzer. A retaining plate is used to secure the paper in place over the opening at the top and is removable for replacement of the paper once the paper has been severed. The paper is provided in either flat pieces or on rolls which can be advanced to replace the paper over the opening.

United States Patent [72] Inventors Arnold Schwartz 222 E. 17th St., Brooklyn, N.Y. 11226; Bernard L. Resnick, 68 E. 19th St., Brooklyn, N.Y. 11226 [21} Appl. No. 840,182

[22] Filed July 9, 1969 [45] Patented Aug. 31, 1971 [54] PAPER AND PICK GAME DEVICE Primary ExaminerAnton O. Oechsle Assistant Examiner-Paul E. Shdill'O Attorney-Polachek & Saulsbury ABSTRACT: A paper and pick game device in which a paper is held stretched over an opening on which is disposed a metal contact or dice cube and about which players will pick and make holes in the paper about the contact or dice cube to allow the same to be dropped onto a contact provided on the bottom to establish a signal circuit operated by battery and a light or buzzer. A retaining plate is used to secure the paper in place over the opening at the top and is removable for replacement of the paper once the paper has been severed The paper is provided in either flat pieces or on rolls which can be advanced to replace the paper over the opening.

PATENTEDAUG31 l9?! SHEET 1 BF 2 ARNOLD SCHWARTZ BERNARD masmcx We PATENTEUAuwmn 3 502 503 snmzmz INVI'JN'I'UIL ARNOLD SCHWARTZ BERNARD L. RESNICK m' J 4: A'I'TOHNI'JYS PAPER AND PICK GAME DEVICE This invention relates to a game device.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a game device in which paper extending over an opening and held flush thereover can be picked at with picks making separate holes by players until the paper is sufficiently broken or weakened to lower a contact member that will ring a buzzer or flash a light to indicate the completion of the game and the winner being the one last to make the last piercing stroke at the paper.

It is another object of the invention to provide a game device utilizing paper and picks wherein the paper at the completion of a game can be readily and quickly replaced by a new sheet and the contacting member easily withdrawn and placed upon the sheet again preparatoryto the playing of the game with picks that poke holes into the sheet, first by one player than by the other.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a paper and pick game device in which paper may be provided upon a roll and by turning another roll the picked paper is drawn from the opening and at he same time a clear sheet and imperforate area will be automatically provided.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a pick and paper game device which may have a metal dice which can be supported on the paper and in which the contacts after the fall of the dice to effect the electric contact across the elongated contacts lying beneath the paper sheet and over which the metal may fall.

Otherobjects of the invention are to provide a paper and pickgame device having the above objects in mind, which is of simple construction, light in weight, enjoyable to play, has pleasing appearance, minimum parts, inexpensive to manufacture, easy to assemble,and effective in use.

For a better understanding of the invention reference may be had to the following detailed construction taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which FIG. 1 is a fragmentary perspective view of the paper and pick device according to one form of the invention, portions being broken away to show the interior construction thereof.

FIG. 2 is a wiring diagram of the electric signal circuit.

FIG. This is a transverse sectional view taken on line 33 of FIG. 1.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of one of the pick playing elements.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the device located on a table and players provided with picks and playing the device. FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a paper and pick device in which the paper is provided from a paper roll and is retained in place by a spring ring according to the second form of the device.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a metal dice used in the playing of the second form of the invention.

FIG. 8 is a wiring diagram of the signal system with contacts adapted to be bridged by the metal device.

FIG. 9 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view taken on line 9-9 of FIG. 10.

FIG. 10 is a'transverse horizontal sectional view taken on line 10-10 of FIG. 9.

Referring now particularly to FIGS. l to 5, 15 represents generally the game device which is generally of box form and shape. This device includes a boxlike bottom 16 over which is spread a metal'contact plate 17 and extending up from which are four closed sidewalls 18 extending about the bottom.

Wired to the meal contact plate from wire 19 are two batteries 21 and 22 arranged in tandem connection with one another with'an end terminal plate 23 to which wire 19 is connected and a second contact plate 24 from which a wire 25 extends to a lamp socket 26 having a lamp bulb 27. From the lamp socket there extends a long cable wire 28 that has a weighted contact 29 on its free end. This weighted contact 29 is embedded in a plastic hemispherical mass 31 to keep the weighted contact 29 upright after a fall.

Over the wall 18 of the box bottom 16 there is extended a coverlike shape 32 having a surrounding depending wall 33 adapted to extend over the wall 18 of the box bottom and a large circular opening 34 in the center thereof over which a sheet of playing paper 35 is stretched to overlie the sides of the opening.

The paper 35 is held in place by a top member or retainer plate 36 having end short depending walls 37 adapted to overlie opposite ends of the box cover 32. This retainer 36 also has an enlarged opening 38 and in order to hold the paper 35 in place small hand spikes or headed pins 39 puncture the paper 35 and pass through the box top 32 to that the paper 35 will be held rigidly stretched across the openings 34 and 38 of the box top 32 and retainer plate 36.

The weighted contact 29 is placed in the opening 38 of the retainer plate 36 and upon the paper 35. The players, as shown in FIG. 5, are provided with wooden picks 41 tapered at their forward ends 42 and they arrange .themselves across from one another and will take turns picking at the paper running the tapered point 42 of the pick through the full diameter of the pick, if desired. This playing continues until sufficient area of the paper has been picked or broken away to allow the weighted contact 29 to fall through the paper as best illustrated in FIG. 3 to make contact with the contact plate 17 spread over the box bottom. At this time a circuit is established so that the lamp 27 is lighted to thereby indicate the completion of the game and the winner will be the one who last picked. A transparent cap 43 is provided on the top 32 above the lamp bulb 37 so that the lighting of the lamp can be readily viewed. The batteries 21 and 22 supplying the current are held in place by clips 44 and 45.

Thereafter the weighted contact 29 is lifted and placed aside until a new sheet of paper 35 has been placed over the opening 34. To add the new sheet the pins 39 are pulled from the retainer 36 and the retainer 36 is removed and then inserted over the new sheet of paper and the pins 39 returned to the holes in the retainer plate to fix the paper 35 in place. The weighted contact 29 is then again placed on the paper shown in FIG. lfThe game can then again be played by the players with their picks 41.

Referring now to the second form of the invention as shown in FIGS. 6-10, in this form of the invention the paper is supplied from a roll and is retained in place in a different manner. This second device is shown generally at and includes a bottom plate 51 and having spring catches 52 and 53 at the respective opposite ends thereof adapted to be extended through holes 54 and 55 respectively of atop cover 56 having downwardly rounded ends 57 and 58 with the openings 54 and 55 therein. The cover 56 has dropped sides 59 and 61 in which are journaled two hand rollers 62 and 63 at the opposite ends of the covering, one of which containing paper 64 rolled thereupon, and the other of which adapted to receive the paper as shown in FIG. 9 for the purpose of pulling the same over a pit 65 having a pit wall 66 and top flange 67 at the opposite ends thereof over which paper 64 is drawn by roller 63. The rollers 62 and 63 both have knobs 69 and 70 at their opposite ends thereof by which the rollers are manually turned to adjust the paper over the pit65.

In order that the paper 64 will be held tightly upon the flange 67 there is provided a retainer ring 71 having soft bottom face material thereon engaging the paper and clamping the same against the flange 67 In the cover 56 is an upstanding well 73 with an inwardly extending flange 74 against which a wavy circular spring 75 reacts to hold the ring 71 in place against the paper 64 and flange 67.

In order that the spring 71 can be lifted while turning the roller 63, upstanding holder members 76 are used to lift the ring against the action of the wavy spring ring 75. This game device instead of having wired weighted contact is provided with a metal dice cube 77 which when it drops through the paper may bridge interrelated contacts 78 and 79 embedded in the bottom of the pit 65, when bridged by the dice 77 will close a circuit including batteries 81 and 82 and a buzzer bell 83. The contact 79 is connected by a wire 83 to battery 81, the battery 81 and 82 being held in tandem relationship by clips 84 and 85 and connected with one another. The battery 82 is connected by wire 86 to the bell buzzer 83 and the bell buzzer 83 is in turn connected by wire 87 to the pit terminal 78.

When the dice 77 drops in the manner as shown in FIG. the electric terminals are not bridged and the player will have to be content with the score indicated by the spots on the top of the'dice. When the bell rings the player would be given double the number of sports and this is effected only when the dice happen to fall so as to bridge the requirement of the contact 78, 79. Once the players have completed the game, it is necessary to remove the dice cube and replace the paper portion that has been broken. This is effected by lifting the handles 76 and the ring 71 and turning a knob 70of the roller 73 to wind the paper that has been extended and present from the paper roller 62 further paper. When the roller 63 has been turned sufficiently to introduce the new paper portion the knobs 76 and the ring 71 is released to clamp the paper against the flange 67 on the pit wall 66.

Further spring latches 91 and 92 can be provided at opposite sides of the bottom 51 and corresponding in shape to the latches 52 and 53.

This game device 50 will be played in the same manner as the players play the game device shown in FIG. 5 and above described. The players with the picks 51 alternatively pick at the paper until the paper has been sufficiently severed to allow the metal dice cube 77 to drop onto the bottom of the pit 65. The manner of scoring for the playing of the game device'may be decided upon by the players and varied as they so desire.

It should now be apparent that there has been provided a game device in which skill can be developed in the picking and weakening of a paper sheet stretched across an open support or pit and weighted with a weighted contact or metal dice cube.

What is claimed is:

l. A paper and pick game device comprising a bottom part, a top part extending over the bottom part and vertically spaced therefrom, said top part having an enlarged opening and supporting a solid paper sheet thereover, a retaining device extending over the paper and securing the paper in place upon the top part, said retaining device being releasable to permit the replacement of at least said portion of said paper sheet over said opening and a scoring member supported upon the paper sheet and adapted to fall through the paper when the paper has been picked sufficiently by the players, a first paper supply roller joumaled in cneside of the cover part and a second roller for winding up paper, joumaled in the opposite side of the cover and aligned with the cover, said sheet comprising a continuous roll of paper on said supply roller, said paper rollers being aligned with the opening over the cover part and being operably to align solid paper portions of said roll from said supply roller with said opening upon release of the retaining plate means.

2. A paper and pick game device as defined in claim 1, a

contact plate on the bottom beneath the cover opening, said scoring device being a weighted contact adapted to engage with the contact plate after having fallen through the paper and a signal circuit including batteries connected between the contact plate and the weighted contact to effect a signal when the circuit has been closed.

3. A paper and pick game device as defined in claim 1, and said retaining means comprising a retaining ring having handle portions extending upwardly therefrom, said cover having an upstanding well with an inwardly extending flange, confining the retaining ring therewithin, and a wave spring ring reacting between the flange and the retaining ring to urge said paper sheet against the top part and over its opening.

4. A paper and pick game device as defined in claim 3, and said bottom part having a pit with a pit wall extending upwardly from the bottom part about the opening of the cover ing, said pit wall having a flange and said retaining ring being placed against the pit wall flange. r

5. A paper and pick game device as defined in claim 4, and contact means including spaced interrelated terminal contacts in the bottom of the pit, a signal circuit device wired to said terminal contacts; and said scoring device being a metal dice cube adapted to bridge the interrelated contacts on the bottom of the pit to close the circuit. 

1. A paper and pick game device comprising a bottom part, a top part extending over the bottom part and vertically spaced therefrom, said top part having an enlarged opening and supporting a solid paper sheet thereover, a retaining device extending over the paper and securing the paper in place upon the top part, said retaining device being releasable to permit the replacement of at least said portion of said paper sheet over said opening and a scoring member supported upon the paper sheet and adapted to fall through the paper when the paper has been picked sufficiently by the players, a first paper supply roller journaled in one side of the cover part and a second roller for winding up paper, journaled in the opposite side of the cover and aligned with the cover, said sheet comprising a continuous roll of paper on said supply roller, said paper rollers being aligned with the opening over the cover part and being operable to align solid paper portions of said roll from said supply roller with said opening upon release of the retaining plate means.
 2. A paper and pick game device as defined in claim 1, a contact plate on the bottom beneath the cover opening, said scoring device being a weighted contact adapted to engage with the contact plate after having fallen through the paper and a signal circuit including batteries connected between the contact plate and the weighted contact to effect a signal when the circuit has been closed.
 3. A paper and pick game device as defined in claim 1, and said retaining means comprising a retaining ring having handle portions extending upwardly therefrom, said cover having an upstanding well with an inwardly extending flange, confining the retaining ring therewithin, and a wave spring ring reacting between the flange and the retaining ring to urge said paper sheet against the top part and over its opening.
 4. A paper and pick game device as defined in claim 3, and said bottom part having a pit with a pit wall extending upwardly from the bottom part about the opening of the covering, said pit wall having a flange and said retaining ring being placed against the pit wall flange.
 5. A paper and pick game device as defined in claim 4, and contact means including spaced interrelated terminal contacts in the bottom of the pit, a signal circuit device wired to said terminal contacts; and said scoring device being a metal dice cube adapted to bridge the interrelated contacts on the bottom of the pit to close the circuit. 